Buhari to meet Igbo leaders

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari will, today, hold a town hall meeting with stakeholders and Igbo leaders in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

The visit, it was learnt, was to drum up support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the Southeast.

Governor Rochas Okorocha, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, said the President-elect would be given a warm reception at the Heroes’ Square, where he will address the people.

The governor, who held a thank-you rally to appreciate the people for their support, noted that they contributed to Buhari’s victory.

He urged the people to turn up en masse to receive the President-elect, irrespective of their political affiliations, adding: “In the new emerging order, everybody will be carried along and people will not be discriminated against because of their political leanings.”